IQMR 2026

Arrival and Lodging

GETTING TO SYRACUSE

Syracuse is located approximately 250 miles northwest of New York City. Many IQMR participants will be flying to Syracuse, arriving at Syracuse Hancock International Airport (http://www.syrairport.org/). The airport has a single terminal divided into separate concourses. The airport is about 10 miles (15-minute drive) from the university. Other IQMR participants will be arriving in Syracuse by Greyhound bus or Amtrak train. All IQMR participants nominated by their home department are responsible for making their own travel arrangements and paying for their own travel, as are participants selected through the general open pool. Christiane Pagé, Associate Director of the Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry at Syracuse (cmpage@syr.edu), will be in touch with all IQMR participants selected through the “Open Pool” application process for Africa and Latin America concerning travel. Open Pool participants from the MENA region will make travel arrangements via the American Political Science Association (APSA).

Cuse Trolley to/from the airport

Syracuse University has a “‘cuse trolley” that you can use to travel from the airport to Milton Apartments when you arrive, and to travel back to the airport when you are departing.

Cuse Shuttle

IQMR 2026 Arrivals: The Trolley for arrivals to Syracuse will be replaced by an SU-branded minibus marked “‘Cuse Transportation”

If you arrive in Syracuse outside the hours that the trolley is running, you have several options to travel between the airport and Milton Hall. To travel from the airport to Milton Hall, there are usually cabs available at the airport at Terminal A or B (i.e., at either end of the airport; follow the signs). You can use airport wifi (or your data plan on your phone, if it is activated), to call an Uber or a Lyft.

LODGING: MILTON HALL

All IQMR attendees will stay in two or four-bedroom suites in Milton Hall, a modern dormitory on the Syracuse University campus. Learn a little about the background of your temporary home in this article!

Milton Hall’s street address is 727 South Crouse Ave., Syracuse, New York 13244. The hall is centrally located adjacent to Marshall Street, a popular commercial area for shopping and dining. The main entrance is a few steps down the wide pedestrian walkway at the intersection of 727 South Crouse and the “Five Guys” restaurant adjacent to the building. There is a “drop-off” spot for ubers/taxis in front of the “Five Guys.”

Each suite includes a kitchen with fridge and stove, but no microwave. A small number of microwave ovens will be available in the Milton Hall basement. Additionally, each bedroom has a full, private bathroom. Please note that Milton Hall does not have cleaning services; it is up to you to keep your apartment clean and tidy.

IQMR will provide you with the following items, so you do not need to bring these with you:

Please plan to bring with you – or buy once in Syracuse – any other items that you need. There is a CVS pharmacy across the street (700 South Crouse Avenue) where you can get any needed supplies on arrival.

Milton Hall includes several types of amenities, but you do not have access to all of them. To access all of the amenities, you need to take the elevator to the basement of Milton – none of the amenities is on the lobby level or the apartment floors. Please be courteous and make sure that you clean up after yourselves when you use a common space!

You DO have access to the large entertainment gathering space and the study rooms.

You also have access to the laundry facilities (which include about 15 sets of washers and dryers and which are free for you to use). If you plan to do laundry while in Syracuse, you will need to bring or buy laundry detergent.

You DO NOT have access to the gym in Milton. There are gym facilities available for your use in a different building on campus, the Barnes Center, a few minutes walk from the building in which modules will be held. See this page of this website which has more information on these gym facilities.

IQMR will assign participants to apartments in Milton Hall based on a survey to solicit information from you to help us to do so (e.g., if there is anyone with whom you would like to share an apartment, whether you prefer a two- or four-person apartment, if you would prefer to stay in an apartment with people whose gender identification matches yours, etc.).

Please note that your room in Milton Hall is for occupation by you alone, not friends, spouses, children, etc.

Milton Hall does not permit pets. Also, Syracuse University campus and housing are tobacco free. Please refer to the Campus Housing Safety Guidelines for more information on lodging at Syracuse University and the Syracuse University Student Code of Conduct for more information on what items are and are not permitted in Milton Hall.

CHECKING IN AND OUT OF MILTON HALL

Most IQMR participants will check into Milton Hall on Saturday, June 13. (A few participants who are traveling internationally will check in on Friday June 12.) If you arrive during normal business hours, there will be an IQMR staff member there to answer questions.

No matter at what hour you arrive at Milton Hall, there will be a lodging attendant available. If you arrive after normal business hours, you will need to call the on-call attendant; there will be a sign on the entrance door with the on-call phone number. The on-call attendant will be close by, but please be patient if it takes a little while for them to arrive to help you.

When you check in, the lodging attendant will give you your apartment key and your room key anda bag with your towel, linens, and pillow. Please don’t lose your keys; they are very expensive to replace. You will also get your SU ID and other program materials when you check in. In your apartment, you will find your cleaning supplies and plate / bowl cup / utensils and toilet paper.

Checking out of Milton Hall

Please, before leaving the apartment at Milton Hall, ensure that you wash all the kitchen utensils that were distributed (bowls, plates, cups, and cutlery) and leave them in the suite kitchen, leave the linens in the bedrooms, and clean up all the trash.

Also, please leave the key and fob with the front desk staff (Usual front desk staff will be on site from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. If you leave at a time outside that window, a small blue bin will be available for you to leave your key and fob in). You may need to put these in an envelope – available at the front desk – if you have already discarded or lost the envelope in which your key and fob originally came.

The Cuse Trolley will pick up participants from Milton Hall between Friday, June 26, 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., and Saturday, June 27, 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., departing at every full hour.

Please note that you must check out of Milton Hall by Saturday, 8pm unless you have communicated with us about staying an extra night, in which case you should depart no later than Sunday at 12:00 p.m.